Baling-press



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I. v. z. JONES.

BALING PRESS. NQ. 255,297. Iva Patented Mar. 21,1882.

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' To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

ISAAC VAN ZANDT JONES,'OF SALADO, TEXAS.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,297, dated March 21, 1832.

Application filed January 6, [882.

Be itknown that I, IsAAo VAN ZANDT JONES,

of Salado, in the county of Bell and State of responding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improvement, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same, taken through the line 00 at, Fig. 1, and showing the follower turned to one side.

The object of this invention is to provide simple and convenient presses for baling cotton, hay, tobacco, and pressing other materials, and which shall be constructed in such a manner that the substance being operated upon will be compressed with great power.

The invention consists in the combination, with the follower, the right-and'left screw, and nuts, of the hinged levers and the bars swiveled thereto; also,in the combination, with the follower, the right-and-left screw, the nuts, and the hinged levers, ofthe slotted bars, the hinged socket, and the swiveled arms; also, in the combination, withthe nuts haa-ing shoulders and the hinged levers having forked upper ends, of the anti-friction rollers journaled in recesses in the said nuts; also, in the combination, with the hinged levers and the followerbars having slots, of the curved and flattened swiveled arms, whereby the lower ends of the said follower'bars can have a lateral movement; and, also, in the combination, with the nuts and their levers, of connecting rods or chains, wherebythe said nuts in their outward movements are made to carry the said levers with them, as will behereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

A represents the base of the press, to which is attached the lower ends of the posts of the baling-box frame B. The baling-box G is provided with doors D in its lower part for convenience in tying and removing the bales.

To the end parts of the base A, at a suitable distance from the baling-box frame B, are secured the lower ends of posts E, the upper ends of which are connected by a beam, F. I

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G is a screw having a right-hand screwthread upon one end and a left-hand screwthread upon the other end. The journals of the screw G revolve in bearings in the upper parts of the postsE and in hangers El, attached to the middle part of the beam F upon the opposite sides of its center.

To the middle part of the screw G is attached a fixed pulley, I, having a loose pulley, J, upon each side. The pulleys J l J are designed to receive a straight belt-and a crossed belt, so that the motion of the screw G can be reversed by shifting the said belts. The pulleys J [,J are designed for use when the press is to be operated by steam or water power. When animal-power is to be used a groovel pulley, K, is attached to one end of the screw G to receive the driving-band.

To one end of the screw G is attached a wheel, L, provided with radial sockets to receive the ends of levers for working the press by hand. Upon the end parts of the screw G are placed nuts M, one of which is provided with a right-hand screw-thread, so that the said nuts will be moved out and in simultaneously by turning the screw G in one and the other direction. The sides of the inner parts of the nuts M are flattened and have shoulders N formed upon them to receive the forked upper ends of the levers 0, so that the said levers will hold the said nuts from turning, and

so that the upper ends of the said levers will be moved inward by the inward movement of the said nuts. I

The friction between the forked upper ends of the levers O and the shoulders of the nuts M is lessened by small anti-friction wheels P, pivoted in recesses in the wider rear parts of the said nuts, so that the faces of the said friction-wheels will project a little beyond the shoulders N for the said levers 0 to bear against, as shown in Fig. 1.

To the lower sides of the outer parts of the nuts M are attached eyeboltsQ, or other suit able fastenings, to which are attached the ends of rods, chains, or otherconnections, R. The connections R pass through eyebolts S, attached to the upper parts of the levers O, and their ends are attached to other eyebolts, T, secured to the said levers O a little below the eyebolts S, as shown in Fig. 1; or the connec tions R can be otherwise connected with the upper parts of the said levers 0. With this construction, as the nuts M move outward upon the screw G the connections R cause the said nuts M to draw the upper ends of the levers O with them. The lower ends of the lovers 0 are hinged to the base A by pins or bolts U, or other suitable means.

Upon the inner sides of the upper parts of the levers 0 are formed or to them are attached shoulders or projections V, which are coneaved upon their lower sides to receive the rounded upper ends of the bars W. The bars W have slots X formed in them near their upper ends to receive the flattened and curved arms Y, the outer ends of which are swiveled to the upper parts of the lovers 0, so that the lower ends of the said bars W can have a lateral movement. The lower ends of the bars W are slotted to receive the lugs Z, formed upon the upper side of the socket a, and are hinged to the said lugs by pins or bolts, as shown in Fig. 1. The socket a is placed in a re cess in the upper side of the follower b, where it is secured in place by a pin or bolt passing longitudinally through the said follower. With this construction, as the nuts M are moved inward the upper ends of the bars W are drawn toward each other, which forces the lowerends of the said bars and the follower b downward into the baling-box O, compressing the material within the said baling box into a bale. When the nuts M are moved outward the upper ends of the bars W are drawn from each other, which draws the lower ends of the said bars out of the balling-box U and raises the follower I). When the nuts M reach the end of their outward movement the follower b will be raised above the baling-box, and can then be swung to one side and turned up into a vertical position at the side of the balingbox, the swiveled arms Y and the logged socket Z (t allowing the bars W to have the necessary movements. By this arrangement the upper end of the baling-box G will be free to receive material for another bale.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a press, the combination, with the follower b, the right-and-left screw G, and nuts M, of the hinged levers O and the bars WV, swiveled to the said levers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a press, the combination, with nuts M, having shoulders N, and the levers 0, having forked upperends, ofthe anti-friction wheels P, journaled in recesses in the rear of the shoulders of the nuts, with their faces projecting beyond the said shoulders, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a press, the combination, with the follower b, the right-and-left screw G, the nuts M, and the hinged bars 0, of the slotted bars W, the hinged socket a and the swiveled arms Y, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a press, the combination, with the hinged levers O and the follower-bars \V, having slots X, of the curved and flattened swiveled armsY, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the lower ends of the said follower-bars can have a lateral movement, as set forth.

5. In a press, the combination, with thenuts M and the levers O, of the connecting rods or chains R, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said nuts in their outward movements are made to carry the said levers with them, as set forth.

ISAAC VAN ZAND'I JONES.

Witnesses:

L. H. DAVIS, W. H. BURGESS. 

